Microsoft Office 2000/2003/Xp resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Microsoft Office 2000/2003/Xp. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to resource management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2008-0109. No exploit exists. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2000/2003/Xp (Office Suite Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Word in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, XP SP3, Office 2003 SP2, and Office Word Viewer 2003 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted fields within the File Information Block (FIB) of a Word file, which triggers length calculation errors and memory corruption.

The bug was discovered 02/12/2008. The weakness was disclosed 02/12/2008 with reversemode.com (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-0109 since 01/07/2008. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3172 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31043 (MS08-009: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (947077)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110070 (Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS08-009)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 5924.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (40101), Tenable (31043), SecurityFocus (BID 27656†), OSVDB (41464†) and Secunia (SA28901†). The entries VDB-38706, VDB-40995, VDB-40996 and VDB-41003 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 31043
Nessus Name: MS08-009: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (947077)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Organization: reversemode.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-0109 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0109
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41002

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X-Force: 40101
SecurityFocus: 27656 - Microsoft Word Unspecified Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 28901
OSVDB: 41464 - CVE-2008-0109 - MS08-009 - Microsoft Word - Code Execution Issue
SecurityTracker: 1019374
Vulnerability Center: 17607 - [MS08-009] Microsoft Word and Word Viewer 2003 Allows Remote Attackers to Execute Arbitrary Code, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2008-0511

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 06/01/2025 18:45
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (73), 08/04/2019 21:53 (12), 01/12/2025 02:03 (17), 06/01/2025 18:45 (2)
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